Edmund Lewandowski as the new director. Lewandowski remained in a leadership position until the school closed under much duress. Investigative journalist Mary Lou Ballweg wrote a ten page article Layton: The Death of a School published in Investor Magazine that outlines the unionization of frustrated staff and mismanagement of funding that resulted in the schools closing called in 1974.
Upon closure of Layton, in 1974, seven faculty members co-founded the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. These included CW Peckenpaugh, Roland Poska and Jack H. White.
== Campus ==
MIAD's campus is located in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward, one of the city's arts districts, bordered by the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan. In 1992, after a complete renovation, the college moved into the Jane Bradley Pettit Building. This is MIAD's main academic building, with 245,000 square feet (22,800 m2) of space on five floors.
== Academics ==
The institution is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and National Association …
